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No East London Line on December 23/24

The East London Line is buggered for Christmas. Monkeyboy shares the following tidings from TfL:No service between Highbury & Islington and New Cross/Clapham Junction/Crystal Palace/West Croydon.  Between Highbury & Islington and Dalston Junction: Valid rail tickets will be accepted on London Overground trains between Highbury & Islington and Dalston Kingsland and on local buses via all ...

The bad drivers of Deptford

The Guardian has a breakdown of penalty points held by UK driving licence holders. Deptford stands out as one of the worst parts of London for bad drivers (those with penalty points against their name), with nearly 10% of its 10,000 licence holders having had at least one penalty in the last three years.

Brockley Gate

Do not underestimate the determination of an angry man.Chris, who complained about the gate on Platform 2 of Brockley Station being locked after 9pm, has been taking the issue up with TfL, using the original BC discussion of this issue as ammunition.So far, he's been told that:London Overground are committed to providing step free access ...

Transpontine: Word of the Day

Thanks to No Yeah No on twitter for spotting that yesterday's word of the day on dictionary.com was... transpontine.They came up with a couple of good quotes to go with it:'There was nothing left but to retreat against the railing, and with my back turned to the street, pretend to be admiring the barges on ...

Question Time in Lewisham Again

Last January BBC Question Time was broadcast from Goldsmiths in New Cross at the height of the campaign to Save Lewisham Hospital. The campaign dominated the night, both outside where there was a demonstration, and inside where the issue was the big story on the programme itself.A year later, on Thursday 9 January 2014, the ...

Serviced apartments replace Seager Distillery hotel

The plan to create a four star hotel at Deptford's Seager Distillery has, perhaps not unsurprisingly, been ditched, in favour of serviced apartments, which Staycity plans to open in May 2014.Serviced apartments are designed for longer-term stays and this plan adds something new to the local mix, while filling space that might have sat empty ...

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